When Eleanor Ellen McGarry was born on 19 October 1836, in Markham Village, York, Ontario, Canada, her father, Charles James McGary, was 28 and her mother, Charlotte Elizabeth Earl, was 20. She married Cacey Potter Bowen Sr. on 25 July 1851, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 10 daughters. She lived in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1870 and Deweyville, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 9 October 1890, in Beaver Dam, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Deweyville Cemetery, Deweyville, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Fhearadhaigh ‘son of Fhearadhach’, a personal name meaning ‘manly, brave’ (from fear ‘man’). The name was originally pronounced as three syllables, as in the variant McGarraghy.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesEleanor Ellen McGary was born on 19 October 1836 in Markham, York, Ontario, Canada to Charles James and Charlotte Elizabeth Earl McGary. She was the third of seven children, four girls and three boys. …
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